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Our services include Degree and Career Exploration, Job Search Strategies, Resume and Cover Letter Writing, Interview Preparation, and more!
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Get That Job Workshop Series | April 10, 17 & 24 | Register Now!
- Part 1: Represent!—A Resume Writing Workshop
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Thursday, April 10, 2025 | 11:45 am–1:00 pm | Veteran's Center, Pirate Union Building (PUB)
In this fast-paced workshop, we will cover the best strategies for writing, customizing, and formatting your resume to Get That Job! Please bring a list of past jobs and a job description that represents the type of job you would like to apply for one day.
- Part 2: Foot Forward—5 Easy Ways to Build A Job Network
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Thursday, April 17, 2025 | 11:45 am–1:00 pm | Veteran's Center, Pirate Union Building (PUB)
In this fast-paced workshop, we will cover the best strategies for marketing yourself, making connections, getting your foot in the door, and introducing yourself to potential employers in order to Get That Job! Learn how to maximize your network with LinkedIn, informational interviews, job shadowing, internships, and by attending events. Please bring with you a list of potential employers or potential areas of employment.
- Part 3: Interview Prep—Using the 5 P’s to Get That Job
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Thursday, April 24, 2025 | 11:45 am–1:00 pm | Veteran's Center, Pirate Union Building (PUB)
In this fast-paced workshop, we will cover the 5 Ps for a positive interview experience to help you Get That Job! Please bring with you a list of potential employers or potential areas of employment.
Explore Degrees & Careers
Exploring careers and degrees is an exciting process that helps connect passions and interests to future goals. Clarity is created by understanding the paths available and how education can shape the journey.
One aspect of exploration is assessment and they come in several forms and can provide different types of information. They measure skills, aptitude, values, personality characteristics, and interests—important areas to reflect on during career and degree exploration. All of them can help you learn things about yourself that can inform a career, degree, or major choice.
Please explore the following to help guide you in your discovery.
- Explore Career Coach
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Check out our Explore Career Coach tool to discover programs, majors, and in-demand careers and education based on your interest!
- Quick Assessment
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Assessment is an Important Part of Career Exploration.Take an assessment to discover your interests and strengths.
- What Can I Do with This Major
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Scroll through the areas of study or move on to the list of majors. This is a deep resource providing a lot of information about types of careers and employers for university majors. Additionally, it has recommendations for how to be ready to enter the major or field.
- WOIS Cis360
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WOIS Cis360 provides information about careers, educational programs, and postsecondary schools in Washington State. Use the following to log in:
- Username: Peninsula22
- Password: 22Peninsula
- Please note: You will create your own username and password for future logins.
Employment Prep Resources
- Interview Prep
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How To Prepare for an Interview
DocumentDocument
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- A professional networking platform.
- Widely used for career building and business development.
- 9 Beginner steps revealed to help guide you in setting up your profile.
LinkedIn - Network within your industry and search for jobs.
- Job Search
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Job Search Tactics and Techniques - 9-minute video on tips to prep for your job search.
- Indeed - Find job listings, post resumes, and research companies.
- Career Builder - Job listings, salary information, and useful job search resources.
- ZipRecruiter - Search platform that matches job seekers with employers.
- Simply Hired - Search engine that aggregates listings from across the web.
- USA Jobs – Federal Government Jobs
- Flex Jobs – focusing on jobs that are flexible, hybrid, or work from home.
Additional Resources
- Job Seekers with Disabilities
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What Can You Do Campaign
The link above takes you to the What Can You Do Campaign website that provides many resources for job seekers with disabilities including: help finding employment, employment programs for Veterans or Service Members, job accommodations, information about working while receiving SSD benefits, and much more.Job Accommodation Network (US Department of Labor)
- Resources for Veteran Job Seekers
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Aligns military occupation codes to civilian jobs.
Peninsula College Veterans center that provides many resources for veterans.
- Community Career Center
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The Pirate Career Center is a valuable resource available to our entire community. Employers and job seekers alike can post and search for employment opportunities.
- Post a Job – Sign up to become an Employment Partner and post a job to Career Coach’s Employer Portal.
- View Community Employment Postings.
- Employment Resources
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WorkSource - Take assessments, view instructional videos, and more.
Washington Career Bridge - explore potential career
Career One Stop – explore potential career opportunities
Contact the Career Center
Email: careerservices@pencol.edu
Drop in Hours: Wednesday's from 10:00 am–1:00 pm at the Career & Transfer Center, Student Services building